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LAD ISO 639-3

Ladino

גﬞודיאו־איספאנייול‎ (Djudeo-espanyol), לאדינו‎ (Ladino) Autonym

A language of Israel

ISO 639
lad
Alternate Names
Cudeo-Espanyol, Djudeo-Espagnol, Djudezmo, Djudyó, Dschudeo-Espanjol, Dzhudeo-Espanyol, Dzhudezmo, Dzidió, Dzsudeo-Eszpanyol, Dzudezmo, Dżudeo-Espańol, Džudeo-Espanjol, Eshpanyol, Eshpanyolit, Espanyol, Espanyolit, Español sefardita, Franco Espanyol, Giudeo-Espagnol, Giudeo-Espaneol, Jidió, Jidyo, Jūdeo-Esupanyōru, Judeo Spanish, Judeo-Espagnol, Judeo-Espaniol, Judeo-Espanýol, Judeo-Español, Judesmo, Judezmo, Judyo, Judío, Lešon Sepharadim, Romance, Romance Espanyol, Sefardi, Sepharadi, Sephardi, Sephardic, Shpanyol, Shpanyolit, Spanyol, Spanyolit, Spanyolo, Tzoudeo-Espaniol, Xhudeo-Espanjol, Zargon, Ġudeo-Espanjol, Ǧudéo-Españól
Autonym
גﬞודיאו־איספאנייול‎ (Djudeo-espanyol), לאדינו‎ (Ladino)
Population
43,000 in Israel (Leclerc 2018a). Total users in all countries: 51,016.
Location:
Jerusalem district and scattered.
Language Status
8a (Moribund).
Classification
Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Italo-Western, Western, Gallo-Iberian, Ibero-Romance, West Iberian, Castilian
Dialects
Judezmo (Dzhudezmo, Jidyo, Judyo), Ladino, Haquetiya (Haketia, Haketiya, Hakitia, Haquetía). The Balkan dialect is more influenced by Turkish [tur] and Greek [ell]. The North African dialect is more influenced by Arabic [arb]and French [fra].
Language Use
Not the dominant language for most. Formerly the main language of Sephardic Jewry. Used in literary and music contexts. Older adults only. The youngest speakers are over 50 years old. Shifted to Hebrew [heb].
Language Development
Newspapers. Radio. Dictionary. Bible: 1829.
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Ladino
Writing
Cyrillic script [Cyrl], used by Sephardic speakers in the Balkans. Hebrew script [Hebr]. Latin script [Latn], used in Turkey.
Other Comments
Different from Ladin [lld] in the Rhaeto-Romansch group. Jewish.

Also Spoken in

Language Name
Ladino
User Population
4 in Bosnia and Herzegovina (2018 S. Zaraysky).
Location
Sarajevo.
Language Status
8b (Nearly extinct)
Other Comments
Non-indigenous.
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Language Name
Ladino
User Population
12 in Greece (2017 John Kazaklis). Ethnic population: 1,000 (2018).
Location
Mainly Thessaloniki.
Language Status
8b (Nearly extinct)
Other Comments
Non-indigenous.
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Language Name
Ladino
User Population
8,000 in Turkey (2018). Ethnic population: 13,000 (Leclerc 2014c).
Location
Mainly Istanbul; Izmir province: scattered.
Language Status
7 (Shifting)
Other Comments
Non-indigenous. Chief language of Sephardic Jews. The Donme are a Ladino-speaking group in Turkey, adherents of Shabbetai Zevi (Zvi). Jewish.
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Map

Location: Jerusalem district and scattered.